Author: sree Date: 2006-06-20 20:46:39 +0000 (Tue, 20 Jun 2006) New Revision: 16430
WebSVN: http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi?view=rev&root=samba&rev=16430 Log: Testing with proposal Added: branches/SOC/sree/ branches/SOC/sree/samba-soc.txt Changeset: Added: branches/SOC/sree/samba-soc.txt =================================================================== --- branches/SOC/sree/samba-soc.txt 2006-06-20 20:43:05 UTC (rev 16429) +++ branches/SOC/sree/samba-soc.txt 2006-06-20 20:46:39 UTC (rev 16430) @@ -0,0 +1,210 @@ + +Name: K. Sreepathi Pai +Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] +IM: kspb46 on Yahoo! (but I'm on dialup! Please send me mail+time if + you wish to chat with me) + +Samba! This is the only open-source project that strikes a personal +chord with me for Google SoC 2006. No other project would get me so +motivated. + +My experience with Samba has been largely on the user/administrator +side (but with a compiling+debugging experience as well). I've been +heavily involved in converting our college's infrastructure from +Windows to (only) Linux+Samba3 (800+ users). It's been a wonderful +experience with great software! + +The project I'm applying for is (now) on your project ideas page +entitled 'User Manager for SWAT (Samba 4)'. Here are my key +motivations for this project: + + * Samba+Linux is a surefire Windows (server-side) killer + + * Windows Administrators _need_ graphical tools for user management + (this isn't that they aren't willing to learn command line tools, + but graphical tools are simply more convenient for repetitive + tasks -- I learnt this the hard way) + + * Samba 4 AD infrastructure _will_ require a graphical tool to + allow administrators to fully appreciate and use its complete + feature set + + * I was planning to do it anyway ;-) [Linux-based Samba3 + administration, a NT4 Server Tools replacement using a native + toolkit] + +Currently I have written a number of shell (Windows and Linux) and +web-based programs (PHP) to interact with the LDAP+Samba3 deployment +in college for rudimentary user management. The Google SoC project +while not reusing any of it, will help bring all of it together. + + + +HOW much time do you expect to have for this project? + +Following commitments during the SoC period: + +May 18 -- June 6, Final Engineering Exams +July 20ish -- Possible move to new university (admissions still in progress) + +No other commitments. This is my free-est time in 4 years of +engineering school! + + + +PLEASE describe any experience you have: + +[restricting to project-relevant experience] + +PHP-based developer for past 5 years. Can write secure programs +:-). Good understanding of Cryptography and its proper usage. Have +written tools for Samba/LDAP user management in PHP. + +Very comfortable with Javascript, have written large libraries for use +in web applications. No AJAX experience (yet). + +Worked with LDAP using variety of tools and libraries and programming +languages. Setup and maintained OpenLDAP based server for Samba3 with +custom schema for college. + +appwebserver, ejs and qooxdoo are new to me, but embedded servers and +languages are not. I've played around with SpiderMonkey (Mozilla's C +implementation of JavaScript) a bit (very little!), and poked around +GAIM's Tcl loader. Both of these experiences were before SoC. Also +worked with AD scripting. + + + +PLEASE describe your usage experience/familiarity with the project you +are applying for: + +Started with Samba 2.2 on Debian Woody for a fileserver. Moved upto +Samba3 on Debian Sarge as a PDC for the entire college. Implemented an +OpenLDAP-based Samba3 setup, writing all migration scripts and +management tools. Please visit +<http://www.geocities.com/kspb46/soc2006/> for source code and +screenshots of these tools. + +Time-scale: 2 years. Was daily administrator for atleast 6 months, +troubleshooting Samba3 migration problems with users, software and +computers. Nothing the Samba docs couldn't solve :-). + + + +PLEASE describe any open source development experience: + +Have submitted bugfixes to Moodle, maintain local patches to +SquirrelMail. + +Written Newsy, a no-frills web-based RSS/Atom site publisher. +<http://ducs.dbit.in/projects/2005/newsy/> + +Co-author of VL2, a web-based search engine for Electoral Rolls. +<http://www.indictrans.org/vl2/English/download.html> + + + +HAVE you applied (or plan to apply) for any other 2006 Summer of Code +projects? If so, which ones? + +No. + + + +WHAT school do you attend? How many years have you attended there? +What is your specialty/major at the school? + +Studying Computer Engineering for the last 4 years at Don Bosco +Institute of Technology, Mumbai. Affiliated to the University of +Mumbai (Bombay), India. Electives chosen were 'Advanced Computer +Networks' and 'Neural Networks'. Enjoy Operating Systems, Networks and +Compilers. + + + +PLEASE describe your proposed project in detail, including +deliverables and expected timeline with milestones (answer in detail): + +The proposed project would be an extension to Samba 4's SWAT component +to perform the following tasks: + + * Create/Remove individual users + * Browse and search for users + * Manipulate user properties such as: + - Personal Information + - Samba Login Information + - Account Settings (locking, password expiry, etc.) + +It would be primarily written in EJS, and would use Samba 4's JS API +to perform the above tasks. An AJAX-ified UI (similar to the RegEdit +component in SWAT right now) is what I'm looking to develop. + +I'm going to aim for UI conformity with the MMC for ease-of-migration. + + +Deliverables: + +The SWAT component for user management with the following +features: + + * Functionality equivalent to NT4 Server Tools (atleast) + + * MMC-like AJAX interface + + * Ability to work in 'normal' Samba environments + + +Timeline: + +The SoC runs from June to September. June and July are very free for +me (can work full-time), August is so far unknown. My approach to +coding is usually to get something working, and then fine-tune +that. My tasks as I see them are: + +May and June 2006 +[at this point I've already downloaded Samba4(TP2), compiled and +played around with SWAT and the other tools] + +* Get to know Samba4's JS API +* Get familiar with appweb, EJS and SWAT + +June 2006 +[at this point I am familiar with the capabilities of all the tools +and API's I'm going to use at the programmer's level. So this month +I'll be using those APIs only] + +* Code non-AJAX Add/Search/Remove +* Code prototype non-AJAX user properties to get a feel for API +* Start coding AJAX Browser for users + +July 2006 +[at this point, I'm very comfortable with EJS, and will start porting +the non-AJAX versions to AJAX. This month I'll be concentrating on the +UI only --- I already know how to perform actions, UI linkups are +necessary] + +* Port actions to AJAX browser (Add/Remove) +* Start coding properties UI for user accounts + +August 2006 +[at this point we have a final UI framework, most major actions are +done and working, and fine-tuning of UI, testing and tying up any +loose ends are required. I wish to get done by this month to avoid +uncertainty] + +* Finish up properties UI +* Commence testing in college (and in the wild) +* Tie up any loose ends + +Please do not hesitate to contact me for clarifications and/or further +details. Contact details are at top of this document. + + + +WHY are you well suited to complete this project? + +It's a personal itch. And everything has just come together. SWAT has +just gone from CGI to EJS. Samba4 needs a strong user management +interface for its AD functionality. I have (some) experience with the +exact problem. I can code well! +